Contrast and compare - you're journalistic and literary homework for today:
Note the BBC main headline
"At least 43 dead in Bangladesh building fire"
Note the secondary headline
"More than a hundred reported killed in crowd near Gaza aid convoy"
Three obvious things to note and ponder.
Why is the Bangladeshi fire and fatalities given prominence to the much more serious event in Gaza?
Why are the deaths in Bangladesh given agency "killed in a fire" whereas the crowd in Gaza just somehow killed by - perhaps an act of God?
Why are the deaths in Bangladesh a matter of fact, whereas the deaths in Gaza are only just reported killed and thus open to argument?
This examination to not exceed two thousand words. It will include reference to media bias, racism, journalistic malpractice, manipulative language and the wider geopolitical landscape related to Israel/Palestins, Western exceptionalism and international and internal political ideologies etc.
There is no prize, other than the pride in constructing a worthwhile critique our present media landscape.
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